The New York Association of Black Journalists is set to hand Bey a prize on May 15, honoring her July 2011 article "Eat, Play, Love," in which she described her nine-month break from the music business in 2010.

That story stressed the importance of relishing life's "tiny moments" — which in Bey's world meant developing a taste for artichoke, leaping from yachts, spending time with Jay-Z and giving herself a "creative reawakening."

Style Evolution: Beyonce

The journalist group handing Beyonce the award aren't the only ones impressed by her writing.